Originally Posted by
dswynne
To be honest, I could barely understand the concept of the Flashpoint Paradox, in the sense that what Barry did affected the timeline sideways, instead of affecting the timeline linearly.
Example: assuming that the Barry's mother was saved from being murdered when he was 11 years old, nothing before that point in time should be affected. The origins of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman should not have changed.
However, with the ripple effect in the timeline, moving forward, what could happen? I would venture to say that, IMO, you could make the argument that saving Barry's mother would lead directly to the creation of that world's version of the Crime Syndicate, if not in name, that things went bad to the point where:
* Government agents locate a young Clark and his Earth parents, Waco style. The heavy handiness of what happens does a Brightburn on Clark, thus creating Ultraman.
* Rather than keeping himself check, Bruce's need for vengeance corrupts him completely, thus joining the League of Assassins. After supplanting Ras Al-Gul as the head of the organization, Bruce returns to Gotham to take it over, for its own good, inspired by a Owl who kills a Bat one late night, and becomes Owlman.
* Betrayed and disillusioned by failure, you have the straw the breaks the proverbial camel's back, when Diana thought that Steve Trevor betrays her trust (not true). Now, full on Amazon, Diana becomes a female supremist (see: Arisa from the JUSTICE LEAGUE animated show). In the end, Diana becomes THE SUPER WOMAN.
Everything else depicted in the Flashpoint event can go on as normal, thanks to a more hostile Aquaman (depicted in the vein of Namor the Submariner). Basically, the Marvelization of DC's heroes.
Anyway, just some random thought...